A referendum will be held for construction of a ropeway in Hamburg

A referendum will be held for construction of a ropeway in Hamburg :Hamburg will hold a referendum to decide whether to construct a ropeway to relieve the city from its traffic problems and provide an attraction center.

Thus the city of Hamburg known as the gateway to the world and has many touristic attractions like the Elbe river, its seaport, tunnel and bridges now is excited with the implementation of a ropeway.

The Hamburg Mitte municipality is against construction of a ropeway, but the final decision will be that of the public after the referendum planned to be held on 24th August.

There is an initiative for the construction of the ropeway, led by Dr. Herlind Gundelach, which has served as the Hamburg Science and Research Minister and now is a federal representative in the parliament. This initiative has prepared a news bulletin in Turkish to convince the Turkish citizens in voting in favor of the ropeway.

The bulletin includes interviews with famous people and experts in various areas and provides information on the cause, benefits, image, attraction and costs related to the ropeway.

The ropeway is planned to connect both sides of the Elbe River over the Wilhelmsburg and St. Pauli districts over the Hamburg port and will present a panoramic view of the city to its passengers, provide a new center of attraction and is also presented as a project that will help to reduce the traffic congestion, since it will be incorporated in the public transit system, besides serving to the tourists.

The ropeway will have two stations on both shores and will be operated using ecological power, even when the wind speed rises up to 10 knots. It is estimated that the daily ridership on one direction will be 3000 and will have an annual capacity of 950,000.

The city will not pay a single penny for the ropeway planned to be constructed within the scope of a 10 year plan.